tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2001 Issue 8
Trach Tips: Coding Strategies To Optimize Reimbursement
Reviewed on May 20, 2015 General surgeons usually perform a tracheostomy (trach) for one of two reasons: the patient requires an emergency trach because of an airway obstruction or a planned trach is performed on a patient who can no longer tolerate intubation, says Marcella Bucknam, CPC, billing and compliance manager for the department of surgery at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. Surgeons will not keep patients intubated for much longer than 10 days, Bucknam says. Therefore, if the patient still is not able to breathe without assistance, a tracheostomy will be performed. Three CPT...
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